5 Amendments of Elena BĂSESCU related to 2012/0084(COD)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The European Statistical System (the ESS), as a partnership, has in general successfully consolidated its activities to ensure the development, production and dissemination of high-quality, regulated and reliable European statistics, including by improving the governance of the system.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Some weaknesses have, however, recently been identified, in particular with regard to the statistical quality- management framework, and there is a need to further strengthen the credibility of statistics.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Commission suggested action to address these weaknesses and to strengthen the governance of the ESS in its Communication of 15 April 2011 to the European Parliament and the Council ‘Towards robust quality management for European Statistics’ . In particular, it suggested a targeted amendment of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics .
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) To that effect, the professional independence of statistical authorities should be strengthened in order to safeguard their high credibility and minimum standards should be enforced, in particular as regards the heads of national statistical institutes (NSIs), to whom specific guarantees should be provided in terms of the performance of statistical tasks, organisational management and resource allocation.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The quality of European statistics could be strengthened and the confidence of users reinforced, by involving national governments in the responsibility of rigorously applying the European Statistics Code of Practice. To this end, a ‘Commitment on Confidence in Statistics’ should be established in each Member State and include specific undertakings by its government to implement the Code and national quality-assurance frameworks, including self-assessments and improvement actions.